I have started this post a hundred times but invariably trash it.
Not this time.
Every goddamned time I see a "GBCW" I do a facepalm. It's very tiresome.
People I respect - I think 2 maybe - have done this and returned - I don't have a lot to say about that. They may be just as guilty as everybody else of what I'm gonna say.
It is my policy to never mention names - unless there is something good or particularly egregious to report, so these will be left unnamed and it's of little importance overall.
With a tiny few exceptions I view GBCW 'diaries' (I still hate that term, btw: makes me think of teenage girls having a tantrum) as attention-whoring.
And nothing but.
That's right.
Somebody just doesn't get enough attention - they usually can post anything and it will be on the rec list, merit or not.
But that's just not enough.
Some of them are whining about "trolls" - or 'demand' that 'Kos' do something about [fill in this fucking blank, KOS!!]
I know some of these folks are very well educated, they are professional, as is the case of the current GCBW that has spawned at least one other 'meta-diary'. So I am not suggesting people are dull or dimwitted. Not usually.
Thin skin or attention-whoring - that's what I generally get from GCBW's. I'm too special for this anymore. Adieu.
The TTFN (ta ta for now) posts are every bit as bad: do you want ice cream or frozen yogurt? A hose, by another other name, know what I'm sayin'?
Same deal with them: attention-whoring but with the inevitable attention-whore return 'diary' so people can get all warm and gushy that they can be together after their little public spat. Let's never fight in public again!
I have to say that as the resident stoner - much reviled here, but still around after 6 and a half years - many of YOU need to get a grip.
Yes, I said it.
You need to take your heads out into the sunshine for a walk - not write some maudlin cheesey hugfest and stroke your egos in public. Ugh.
Trolls badgering you in your thread?
Who cares? Get over it.
We all have to tolerate that shit because there's little that can be done about it. The HR system works just fine on my computer. Hide-rated stuff IS actually hidden. I hear some complain that the HR system doesn't get rid of the objectionable post fast enough. You still see it because you have Trusted User Status - the purpose of HR is to 'hide' a post from general users. People who aren't logged in DON'T see those posts.
I left one website and that has been basically permanent. I used to do the news for marijuana.com then after a server change in 2004 I was eaten alive by fucking wingnuts. I couldn't post anything without creating a massive bitch-fest and I was even a moderator, so I quit. No fancy 'GBCW', no lingering around. Ditched 'em.
There's nothing similar to that dynamic here: that was a rightwing site from top to bottom, I learned, and this is primarly left-leaning. It's not a good place for lock-step, which is why I'm here.
The closest facsimile here is the constant battles between those who can't tell a difference between Obama and Bush and those who can't tell the difference between Obama and God. You know who I'm talking about.
Again, I'm in the middle here: Obama has managed to keep some campaign promises - he's not kept others, he's done some good things, he's done too much for the GOP and the rich, but that's my perspective. He's a better president than we're used to (which doesn't really say a lot).
I don't give a rat fuck if you think anything less than 100% ass-kissing fealty to Obama is essential to win 2012 or if you think I should refudiate Obama for [fill in the fucking blank, KOS!] and vote for whatever. I tend to identify the people in these camps and ignore their perspective.
Sometimes I even wonder about them......
But.....I'm not gonna GBCW because I get some self-righteous taunting from somebody in one of these extremely polarized Obama Camps. I've had much worse.
One of the BEST things about Daily Kos is that you are NOT NECESSARILY 'preaching to the choir'. I write mostly about cannabis law reform, which is not terribly popular here (pooties are far more important to people, I think) and you can find dissent on about any post I have made.
It's the dissenting people I want to hear from so I can challenge their false belief(s).
I don't need 100% unanimity on my topic - I want 55% on election day - just enough to do the trick. I' have no need to totally and thoroughly convince every last person I'm right about this.
And I don't need my ass kissed. I have never needed that and wonder about those who do.....
SO: God Almighty! Stop with the TTFN - Stop with the GBCW.
Stay or go but stop ruining the place with your excessive need for attention.
Get a grip.
And I'll be seein' ya around.